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This skill should be used when the user invokes `/sv` or asks to "hand this off to sandvault", "continue in the sandbox", "sandvault this task", or to clone the current repo into a sandboxed Claude session with per-repo deploy-key access. Writes a task briefing to the sandvault shared workspace and launches `sv-clone` in a new terminal window, pointing the sandboxed Claude at the briefing as its first prompt.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/webcoyote/sandvault/blob/HEAD/skills/sandvault/sv/SKILL.md

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Sandvault Handoff

Hand off the current task to a sandboxed Claude running inside sandvault.

When to use

The user invokes /sv when they want Claude to continue the current work inside a sandvault sandbox.

Steps

1. Summarize the task

Write a clear, actionable summary of what the user wants done. Include:

  • What the goal is
  • What approach to take (if already discussed)
  • What files are involved
  • Any decisions already made in this conversation
  • The current branch name and any relevant context

2. Write the handoff file

Write the task briefing to /Users/Shared/sv-$USER/tmp/handoff-<repo>.md, where $USER is the host user and <repo> is the source repo's basename (e.g. /Users/Shared/sv-jesse/handoff-sandvault.md). This is the sandvault shared workspace — readable from inside the sandbox via the mounted /Users/Shared tree, so the sandboxed Claude can read it at startup. The briefing is not copied into the clone; it lives in the shared workspace and the sandboxed Claude is pointed at it by path (see step 4). Nothing is written into the source repo itself.

The handoff file should include:

  • A "# Task Handoff" heading
  • Task context, approach, decisions, branch, relevant files
  • A "## Setup" section: note that gitignored build artifacts (.venv/, node_modules/, build dirs) won't be in the clone. Check for requirements.txt, pyproject.toml, package.json etc. and instruct the sandboxed Claude to set up the environment first.
  • A "## What to do" section with a direct instruction

3. Ask the user for confirmation

Show the user:

  • The repo that will be cloned
  • A brief summary of the task being handed off

4. Launch in a new terminal window

Use the bundled helper to launch sv-clone in a new window of whatever terminal the user is running (Terminal.app, iTerm2, Ghostty, WezTerm, kitty, Alacritty, cmux, Warp, with Terminal.app as a fallback):

skills/sandvault/sv/scripts/launch-in-terminal.sh 'sv-clone <repo-path> -- claude -- "Read /Users/Shared/sv-<host-user>/tmp/handoff-<repo>.md and continue the task described there."'

The helper detects the parent terminal app via skills/sandvault/sv/scripts/find-terminal-app.sh (which walks the process tree to find the first ancestor in /Applications) and dispatches to the appropriate launch mechanism for that terminal. To override detection, set SV_TERMINAL (e.g. SV_TERMINAL=ghostty, accepts either a short alias or a .app bundle name).

Substitute <repo-path> (the source repo's absolute path), <host-user> (the host user's login — same $USER used when writing the handoff file), and <repo> (the source repo's basename) literally into the command string.

The launch command runs sv-clone, passing the handoff path to the sandboxed Claude as its initial prompt via the -- separator pass-through (sv-clone → sv → sandbox zshrc → claude).

If sv-clone is not on PATH, the installed sandvault is out of date — tell the user to upgrade (e.g. brew upgrade sandvault) and retry. The old sv --clone flag has been removed in favor of the standalone sv-clone script.